From the monthly archives:

March 2007

A Day at the Races

2007.Mar.17 Saturday

 Tony: Hey, boss! C’mere! Sun-Up is the worst horse on the track! Dr. Hackenbush: I notice he wins all the time. Tony: Aw, just because he comes in first. Dr. Hackenbush: Well, I don’t want ‘em any better than first.” – from A Day at the Races, 1937 Buenos Aires – It was their first [...]

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The State Fruit of New Jersey

2007.Mar.15 Thursday

 Another interesting aspect of tomato’s rise to popularity was the debate whether it should be classified as a fruit or a vegetable. While this might seem trivial to most, its classification was greatly important to those who first grew it commercially because of taxation and import tariffs established to protect American vegetable growers. The issue [...]

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The Wedding Banquet

2007.Mar.12 Monday

 Wai-Tung Gao: I don’t know, we should have moved you out. Simon: I’ll survive. Wai-Tung Gao: Not if Wei Wei keeps cooking – from The Wedding Banquet Buenos Aires – My computer is acting up, so apologies if my posts are a bit scattered over the next few days… we shall see where I get [...]

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Chill… Out…

2007.Mar.08 Thursday

 When it was first born, twenty years ago, Piola was received with perplexity and indifference mainly due to its appearance, to some too modern, bold and inconceivable.” – Piola pizzeria chain website Buenos Aires – As most of you know, I’ll go pretty much anywhere to check out pizza. Alan, over at Buenos Aires Argentina [...]

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Tuesday Fiesta

2007.Mar.07 Wednesday

 It was almost two. At that hour, weighted down by drowsiness, the town was taking a siesta. The stores, the town offices, the public school were closed at eleven, and didn’t reopen until a little before four, when the train went back. Only the hotel across from the station, with its bar and pool hall, [...]

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“Hindu” Teaser

2007.Mar.06 Tuesday

 On behalf of the Hindu community, we have done significant progress to correct the biases and distortions in the textbooks. We need to work further. There are gross inaccuracies.” – Khanderao Kand, Hindu Education Foundation Buenos Aires – India is the seventh largest country on the planet by geography, and the second most populated. The [...]

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Shake Your Maracas!

2007.Mar.05 Monday

 Better the gurgling of a camel than the prayers of a fish.” – Moroccan proverb Buenos Aires – I’d been wanting to offer a middle eastern dinner of some sort for awhile, and Independence Day in Morocco seemed the perfect opportunity. I like the cuisine from that country in particular, because for me it embodies [...]

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Joining the eCommerce World

2007.Mar.03 Saturday

 Only for the phony is commercialism – the bending of creativity to common utility – a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is a bridge to the great audience, a means of sharing rather than debasing.” – Ernest A. Jones, Advertising Executive, Address at Cranbrook Academy of Art, June 2, 1964 Buenos Aires -Somewhere [...]

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A Pepper By Any Other Name…

2007.Mar.03 Saturday

 What will be the death of me are bouillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.” – Emile Zola, 19th Century French Author Buenos Aires – In Spanish, colorado refers to a color that’s sort of a deep, rust red. That color soil is how [...]

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